diff --git a/src/airunner/widgets/canvas/custom_scene.py b/src/airunner/widgets/canvas/custom_scene.py
index 7eefb8906..cfaef65ba 100644
--- a/src/airunner/widgets/canvas/custom_scene.py
+++ b/src/airunner/widgets/canvas/custom_scene.py
@@ -115,6 +115,11 @@ def current_active_image(self) -> Image:
         except PIL.UnidentifiedImageError:
             return None
 
+    @current_active_image.setter
+    def current_active_image(self, image: Image):
+        self._update_current_settings("image", convert_image_to_base64(image))
+        self.initialize_image(image)
+
     @image_pivot_point.setter
     def image_pivot_point(self, value):
         self.emit_signal(SignalCode.LAYER_UPDATE_CURRENT_SIGNAL, {
@@ -179,7 +184,7 @@ def on_load_image_signal(self, image_path: str):
         image = self._load_image(image_path)
         if self.application_settings.resize_on_paste:
             image = self._resize_image(image)
-        self.initialize_image(image)
+        self.current_active_image = image
 
     def on_apply_filter_signal(self, message):
         self._apply_filter(message)
diff --git a/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.py b/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.py
index 02b2d1dcc..95cfccdd6 100644
--- a/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.py
+++ b/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.py
@@ -74,9 +74,6 @@ def showEvent(self, event):
                 )
                 self.ui.content.layout().addWidget(slider_spinbox_widget)
 
-        self.ui.auto_apply.setChecked(self.image_filter.auto_apply)
-        self.ui.auto_apply.clicked.connect(partial(self.handle_auto_apply_toggle))
-
         self.setWindowTitle(self.window_title)
 
         self.preview_filter()
@@ -103,10 +100,6 @@ def filter_object(self):
         self._filter = class_(**kwargs)
         return self._filter
 
-    def handle_auto_apply_toggle(self):
-        self.image_filter.auto_apply = self.ui.auto_apply.isChecked()
-        self.session.commit()
-
     def reject(self):
         self.emit_signal(
             SignalCode.CANVAS_CANCEL_FILTER_SIGNAL
diff --git a/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.ui b/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.ui
index d86c7b7f3..ee6d8acd1 100644
--- a/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.ui
+++ b/src/airunner/windows/filter_window.ui
@@ -45,19 +45,6 @@
      <layout class="QGridLayout" name="gridLayout_2"/>
     </widget>
    </item>
-   <item row="1" column="0">
-    <widget class="QCheckBox" name="auto_apply">
-     <property name="font">
-      <font>
-       <pointsize>8</pointsize>
-       <bold>true</bold>
-      </font>
-     </property>
-     <property name="text">
-      <string>Auto Apply Filter</string>
-     </property>
-    </widget>
-   </item>
    <item row="2" column="1">
     <spacer name="verticalSpacer">
      <property name="orientation">
diff --git a/src/airunner/windows/filter_window_ui.py b/src/airunner/windows/filter_window_ui.py
index 9f90d1297..206932077 100644
--- a/src/airunner/windows/filter_window_ui.py
+++ b/src/airunner/windows/filter_window_ui.py
@@ -15,9 +15,9 @@
     QFont, QFontDatabase, QGradient, QIcon,
     QImage, QKeySequence, QLinearGradient, QPainter,
     QPalette, QPixmap, QRadialGradient, QTransform)
-from PySide6.QtWidgets import (QAbstractButton, QApplication, QCheckBox, QDialog,
-    QDialogButtonBox, QFrame, QGridLayout, QSizePolicy,
-    QSpacerItem, QWidget)
+from PySide6.QtWidgets import (QAbstractButton, QApplication, QDialog, QDialogButtonBox,
+    QFrame, QGridLayout, QSizePolicy, QSpacerItem,
+    QWidget)
 
 class Ui_filter_window(object):
     def setupUi(self, filter_window):
@@ -46,15 +46,6 @@ def setupUi(self, filter_window):
 
         self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.content, 0, 0, 1, 2)
 
-        self.auto_apply = QCheckBox(filter_window)
-        self.auto_apply.setObjectName(u"auto_apply")
-        font1 = QFont()
-        font1.setPointSize(8)
-        font1.setBold(True)
-        self.auto_apply.setFont(font1)
-
-        self.gridLayout.addWidget(self.auto_apply, 1, 0, 1, 1)
-
         self.verticalSpacer = QSpacerItem(20, 40, QSizePolicy.Policy.Minimum, QSizePolicy.Policy.Expanding)
 
         self.gridLayout.addItem(self.verticalSpacer, 2, 1, 1, 1)
@@ -69,6 +60,5 @@ def setupUi(self, filter_window):
 
     def retranslateUi(self, filter_window):
         filter_window.setWindowTitle(QCoreApplication.translate("filter_window", u"Dialog", None))
-        self.auto_apply.setText(QCoreApplication.translate("filter_window", u"Auto Apply Filter", None))
     # retranslateUi